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How to use the Onionskin feature in Animation Shop

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How to use the Onionskin feature in Animation Shop

This is a wonderful tool that I wished I'd known about when I first started struggling with animations! Hope your learning it now, speeds up your learning curve and prevents some of the bumps and bruises I got from bangin' my head on my computer desk from frustration!

See the little pointy finger on the example below? That's the icon you click to activate the Onionskin tool.

Here's how you use it:

Say you have a little truck that you want to back up in several frames. You can do this so easily by:

1) Bringing your truck up in AS. Make several copies of it. (Note: It's always a good idea to make a few more than you think you might need. You can always delete the extras.)

2) Click on the Onionskin icon and you'll get a "ghost" image on the frames following the first image. See below

3) Get your mover tool and in your 2nd frame, move the truck backwards...or forwards...or up and down...however you want your image to move. Then go to next frame and you'll see where you just moved your truck by the "ghost" image from the previous frame and you can move your truck to where you want it to be!

NO MORE GUESSING!

Recommended by Kat , 3/13/2007.

PSP

By .

Find out what color you want to make it and write down the Hue and Sat numbers (in the red box below)

<<If you want to colorize a certain part of the image select your freehand and outline what you want to change the color of>>

Next use Shift L (Colorize) and this screen pops up

Type in the Hue and Sat numbers and click ok.

There is an arrow to the left of the eye (above), click on that and it will show the color change on your actual image.

Recommended by Kat , 9/11/2006.

Set your font for posting

By Kat.

Here is a quick way I always use

Following these steps.

Open a reply box
Set your font/size/color
Hit the space bar once
Highlight the space and hit Ctrl and C

From then on everytime you do a post, hit Ctrl and V and type away. Saves loads of time in the long run.

Recommended by Kat3 (mgr) , 12/16/2005.

Stop Viruses From E-mailing Your Friends

By Sweet Liberty.

Trick your address book!

Who among us doesn't know someone who has experienced the embarrassment
of unknowingly spreading a computer virus via their email address book?

It's time to STOP this from happening by TAKING CONTROL of your email
program! For those who are unaware, many computer viruses spread
themselves by sending themselves to everyone in your address book. Imagine
how you would feel if you were unknowingly infected with a computer virus,
and worse yet, your friends, family, and business contacts were being
targeted by your computer! Well, if you want to avoid this sort of thing,
here's a great tip:

This tip won't prevent YOU from getting any viruses (you have to scan
those attachments yourself before opening them to do that), but it will
stop those viruses from latching onto your address book and sending itself
out to others.

To avoid spreading computer viruses, create a contact in your email address
book with the name :
** !0000
with no email address in the details.

This contact will then show up as your first contact. If a virus attempts
to do a "send all" on your contact list, your pc will put up an error
message saying that: "The Message could not be sent. One or more recipients
do not have an e-mail address. Please check your Address Book and make sure
all the recipients have a valid e-mail address." Your messages to an
individual or individual addressees will not be affected. You click on OK
and the offending (virus) message would not have been sent to anyone. Of
course no changes have been made to your original contacts list. The
offending (virus) message may then be automatically stored in
your "Drafts" or "Outbox" folder. Go in there and delete the offending
message. Problem is solved and virus is not spread.

Recommended by

InfamousStarDancer, 2/26/2002.

Template for setting post type

By Kat.

Here is one way you can make typing messages for group message boards using your own inividual style quick and easy. It does take a couple of minutes to set up a template, but after that, it is easy.

First, click on reply and type a short message formatted the way you would normally do it. Include your font style, size, and color. If you use a table and a background, include those, too. And don't forget your standard signature.

Next, position the cursor at the end of your short message and backspace over the text. Then click on Use Html to create your page. You will see the HTML for your basic message setup. Press Ctrl+a to select it all and Ctrl+c to copy it.

Start notepad and press Ctrl+v to paste the HTML into it. Finally, click File and Save As. Type the name GroupMessage.htm and save it to My Documents.

To make your template easy to access, click Start and My Documents. Then drag GroupMessage.htm to the left side of your task bar. If you'd like to change the icon, you can right-click on it and select Properties.

Now, here is the easy part. When you are ready to post a message, go ahead and click Reply. Then click your GroupMessage icon in the task bar. Your template will open in a new browser window. Press Ctrl+a to select it and Ctrl+c to copy it and close the window. In the reply box, press Ctrl+v to load your format and start typing

Recommended by Kat3 (mgr) , 12/16/2005.

Triple Background Formula

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<html>
<CENTER>
<TABLE background="Your Background URL" border=2 cellPadding=40 cellSpacing=0 width="100%">
<TBODY>
<TR>
<TD width="100%">
<P>
<CENTER>
<TABLE background="Your Background URL" border=2 cellPadding=40 cellSpacing=0 width="90%">
<TBODY>
<TR>
<TD width="90%">
<P>
<CENTER>
<TABLE background="Your Background URL" border=2 cell Padding=40 cellSpacing=0 width="85%"><P>
<TBODY>
<TR>
<TD width="85%">Your Content Goes Here</td>
</tr>
</table>
</center>
</td>
</tr>

Recommended by

InfamousStarDancer, 2/22/2002.

What to do if your message does not post

By Kat.

This informaton came from someone in Community Feedback.

if you click on the Send Message button and your post turns white and doesn't appear to send, don't worry - its not lost and you don't have to retype your message! - just Right Click inside that blank white post window, choose Refresh, then a new little window will pop up, click on RETRY. You might have to do that more than once when the Hiccups are bad Feel free to pass this tip along!!

This is great advice if you are like me and forget to copy before you hit send!

Recommended by Kat , 1/23/2006.